A LAW giving the Minister for Finance "unusual" power to create €31bn sovereign debt via promissory notes did not amount to an unlawful "blank chequebook" to spend public money, the State argued in ...

The Minister for Finance used powers under a 2008 "emergency" law to create a promissory note in 2010 which can be adjusted to allow for the payment of "possibly limitless" amounts of public monies, ...

An emergency law giving the minister for finance power to spend “possibly limitless” sums of public money supporting financial institutions via promissory notes was so general it could mean the ...

Everyone likes to collect the money owed to them. This is why banks use promissory notes when extending you a mortgage or car loan. The promissory note is basically an "I Owe You" with an official ...